The Big Lie is that there is no financial crisis other than the one
created by absorbing the Winter Drive into two other drives.

Here is
documentation of the deficits we incurred from 2007 to 2010. A request
to the KBOO Finance Director can get the same documentation of the size
of the deficit in 2011 and 2012. The 2013 budget was planned to be a
deficit budget as well and we can be fairly sure that we will end up
with a deficit at the end of our fiscal year. How much longer can this
go on? Not much.

Members
who resist change say KBOO gets by just fine with just member
contributions. They think another fund drive will make us solvent,
ignoring a history of deficit spending each year, going back to at least
2007.

How
is KBOO surviving with insufficient funding from members?By drawing
down its reserves which date back to the days of federal funding. The
reserves will not be replenished, at least not by future federal funds.
KBOO lacks the number of listeners it needs to qualify.

And:

KBOO continues to pay for staff
salaries out of the reserves built up during the days of federal
funding. Meanwhile, listenership has fallen to even lower levels,
while staffing levels, largely, have not.

The reserves are nearly
depleted.

There is no conspiracy to destroy KBOO -- other than the
conspiracy to deny the facts of our financial condition, easily
verified by legal documents KBOO files with the IRS.

See, Comrade Nassar? No right-wing conspiracy! At least according to Traitor Hadrian...

But what does he know? Why dig into complicated financial reality when it's much easier to rearrange deck chairs, er, have another membership drive?

"STAFF made the decision to go BACK to the old system of only two drives a year. "

This reminds how Mark Sherman said he paid 25 bucks a month but never volunteered. Why would anyone give money to a group but not participate in the dull shit? But show up to bitch at a special meeting then try to get on the board?

This may sound like foil hat land but has anyone considered there are members using KBOO for illegal money transfers/transactions/laundering?

It would fit with not wanting more FCC/IRS oversight and preferring money from members where sketchy funds could be hidden as donations.

They do an audit as much as legally required, maybe more than that. Debbie Rabidue is on it.I think there is an audit every 3 years or so, maybe its 5 years.I believe an audit was done either last year or this year.

Agree. Nothing against Debbie, but there's talk of the Inner Party blackmailing ppl, etc. Debbie is in a hostile work environment and feels the pressure. An outside auditor isn't going to give a shit about that crap.

Sorry, I should have been more specific, they do an OUTSIDE audit as much as is legally required, if not more. They had an OUTSIDE audit done either this year or last year. Debbie Rabidue is on it in that she makes sure OUTSIDE audits happen.Of course, she is no longer employed at KBOO, she wasn't very good at rearranging deck chairs, so for the next outside audit, someone else will need to make sure it happens.

"Debbie is in a hostile work environment and feels the pressure. An outside auditor isn't going to give a shit about that crap."

That's why normal businesses bring in outside auditors every year. Anyone internal is potentially comprised, so you need people looking at the books who aren't subject to retaliation. It really does affect internal behavior, too, when you know that outside people are going to go through the books every year.

Traitor Hadrian should suggest it, just to see the amusing frantic opposition of the Inner Party. (Hint: "It costs too much to bring in an outside auditor" is the traditional mantra of people with something to hide.)

Comrade, you are missing Comrade Nassar's point. As Glorious Leader has repeatedly pointed out, KBOO is just one successful fundraising drive away from financial stability. The extended period of losing money every year is but a delusion.

After all, KBOO contributors are like cows that need to be milked twice a day - obviously, all that KBOO needs to do is just run a continuous funraising drive, and all of KBOO's problems will be permanently solved.

It sounds as if you need some time to get your thoughts in order, Comrade! It's a toasty 102 at the Ontario Transit Camp today, and from Ontario we can expel you To The Fascist Backwards Empire Of Idaho And Points East if you fail to learn to Think Correctly, Comrade!

Steve Nassar Not to worry. I haven't checked for myself yet, but Rumor has it that there is a One Day Fund Raising Event in our budget that is projected to raise $90,000. There's only a couple of months left in our fiscal year, so that would be Just In Time Fund Raising!!!

What happened in 2005? The weird behaviours of the anti Fitch crowd could be described as people scared shitless at being caught and trying to scare people off. It can't just be jobs. They don't want her, or anyone else outside, digging too deeply.

Don't know what the hell I did. Must have used a <a tag instead of <i tag and made a dead link. The quote comes from this url if anyone's interested.http://feedback.pdxradio.com/topic/recent-kboo-engineering-disasters#post-73361

On the subject of Ani, does anyone else think her relationship with TM is weird? How she lets TM take abuse(granted she's fairly earned) and almost never shows up to defend her? It kinda looks sick if you think about it. It's obvious TM's main "source" is Ani, therefore Ani is the reason people have to confront Theresa when she wrong. Ani is putting TM in that position. Of course TM is also responsible for "going there"....

Then there's the "marriage". I get that they wanted to stick it to the homophobic system, but why live together? It's hard to believe a lesbian had the hotty hots for a woman trapped in a man's body. (OTOH there are trannys who were in straight marriages before the change and stay in them...)

People don't ask these questions because they're afraid to be labelled intolerant. But it's a good question. Ask yourself the last time you knew a lesbian who fell for a woman born as a man BEFORE surgery.

Human sexuality is complex, but it feels like we've been asked to buy too many things that don't add up around the KBOO clique. I can't imagine letting someone I cared about take the shit TM has without trying to set the record straight.

Ani and Theresa are whom and what they are. I don't care. It's not relevant to the conversation about KBOO except to agree or disagree with their actions as staff and volunteer, or how foil hat Theresa can be.

OK. This is what I mean by "People don't ask these questions because they're afraid to be labelled intolerant." But everyone is thinking it. Get real.

Yes, my comment. No, I don't care what they "are". It's the RELATIONSHIP. It's dysfunctional in a way that has sucked everyone in KBOO into a nasty deathspiral vortex.

Ergo it's a valid question to wonder what the basis of this toxic relationship that's at the CENTER of this drama. After the years of dishonesty, misrepresentations, etc, etc, is there something even more toxic, dishonest and fraudulent going on?

Ani exploiting a transgendered to be her pitbull?

I never thought the day would come I'd feel sorry for Theresa.

Or were you(post 9:00PM) trying to hint that the "inner party" is planning on using that comment for ammo?

I've seen people be good and be disfunctional in relationships. I've seen people bond for reasons I don't understand, but it's not my business or my problem. Some people hide what's unusual, some flout it. I've wondered how some straight, mainstream couples are together. I also know some gay couples who are very conservative with PDA's in public and who are the salt of the earth and deeply involved in religious communities without hiding who they love. Being in a relationship is hard, no matter who you are.

If you're going down this rabbit hole of trying to link work behavior to the relationship, then you're going to have to wonder how Laura Bush could stay with George. It has nothing to do with Trans, straight, white, black, it's really not the point IMHO. I'm as disinterested in the sex lives of people at KBOO as I am in the sex lives of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Yawn.

Omg. I just want to blow up shit tonight. Are you reading the actual words written? RELATIONSHIP has nothing to do with their sex life. Do you really need this explained?

"If you're going down this rabbit hole of trying to link work behavior to the relationship, then you're going to have to wonder how Laura Bush could stay with George. It has nothing to do with Trans, straight, white, black, it's really not the point IMHO. I'm as disinterested in the sex lives of people at KBOO as I am in the sex lives of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Yawn."

Sounds like you way missed the point, taking a side trip into projection, pal. The day A and TM's DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP stops creating TOXIC DYSFUNCTION at KBOO is the day NO ONE WILL CARE ABOUT THEIR ARRANGED MARRIAGE. Where the fuck do you think Glorious Leader gets her "leaks"? Which btw would have Ani bounced out on her butt in any other org.

Your point would be clearer without the trans/lesbian detours. Many veterans of reading homophobic attacks, sometimes(not fair but it happens) start skimming with outrage. There are weird aspects to the A and T relationship. But, unless T files abuse charges, it's a distraction that, as you can see, leads to misunderstandings.

@ Anonymous posted 9:55 PM

The subject isn't sexuality, identity or expression, per se. It's trying to cash in on all those for radical cred in the alternative community while doing something against the values of that community.

The stuff TM puts out there isn't the real danger, and we all know how she gets intel. What's more of an issue is the people who are also part of KKK (Keep KBOO KBOO) lying low and not getting public in this food fight. Some people are very carefully letting TM take all the heat but behind the scenes working to manipulate the system to get their way. For example, at the last board meeting there were three seats open, the Nominating Committee had a compromise slate of three agreed to. But at the meeting rather than vote the slate up or down the board was tricked into voting on each individual and promptly voted down the candidate that wasn't liked by the status quo crowd KKK, then took a nomination from the floor to put one of their own in place. This is significant because the KKK crowd now has enough votes to end it all at the next board meeting.

So an attempt at following accountable process was squashed behind the scenes and this is WAY more significant than Theresa and Ani. Keep focused on what matters, and ridicule bad actions, not people.

" For example, at the last board meeting there were three seats open, the Nominating Committee had a compromise slate of three agreed to. But at the meeting rather than vote the slate up or down the board was tricked into voting on each individual and promptly voted down the candidate that wasn't liked by the status quo crowd KKK, then took a nomination from the floor to put one of their own in place. "

This could be why the KKK people aren't sharing recordings of this event. For the love of doG, does anyone have audio or video of the June 24th meeting?

DEFECTING FROM THE INNER PARTY?

Then start packing for the Happy Valley Reeducation Center, where we guarantee ALL Party Members WILL be HAPPY.

But seriously folks...

For readers who don't know the background, this blog was started by a group of KBOO radio fans.

Recent events at the station have been blown out of proportion by a small group of KBOO members who feel threatened by actions of management trying to address the very real issue of financial trouble and keep the station viable.

These people instead believe they are victims of a conspiracy involving Station Navigator Lynn Fitch and have promoted their cause with the worst kind of missionary zeal, in some cases using unethical tactics like impersonation. They call themselves "Keep KBOO KBOO" and appear to be led by Theresa Mitchell, who has a penchant for using revolutionary imagery and jargon. Allies include KBOO Board members abusing their influence. This begged for satire, thus this blog was born.

We are documenting the ongoing tussle and any new fibs and misinformation the "Keep KBOO KBOO" crowd creates. They also have a website called savekboo.org . We recommend anyone leaving comments there to archive them in text or images, as a certain amount of rewriting history is known to happen there.

BACK TO THE BARRICADES COMRADES!!!!

Praise for "Save KBOO from Save KBOO"

"is the funniest thing I've read in a long time." - delighted at Portland Indymedia June 7, 2013

"Anyway, the obsessives here are directly and clearly defined by how many 'NYAH NYAH NYAH-NYAH-NYAH-NYAH (e.g. "save kboo from asave kboo")'-titled smear-blog Obsessive Paranoiac websites they can manage to create in a week. " -huh? at Portland Indymedia June 7, 2013